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Principally recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey between October 4 and December 8, 1969; Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, California on December 31, 1970; Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo, California ... Full Descriptionfrom February 15-17, 1972; Different Fur Trading Company, San Francisco, California. Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Digitally remastered by Lee Herschberg.
MWANDIDHI: THE COMPLETE WARNER BROS. RECORDINGS includes the albums FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA (1970), MWANDISHI (1971), and CROSSINGS (1972).
Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock (acoustic, electric & Fender Rhodes pianos, mellotron, percussion); Candy Love, Sandra Stevens (vocals); Benny Maupin (soprano saxophone, piccolo, alto flute, bass clarinet, percussion); Joe Farrell (alto & tenor saxophones); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone, alto flute); Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion); Johnny Coles (trumpet, flugelhorn); Joe Newman (trumpet); Ray Alonge (French horn); Julian Priester (alto, tenor & bass trombones, percussion); Garnett Brown (trombone); Ron Montrose, Eric Gale (guitar); Buster Williams (acoustic & electric basses, percussion); Jerry Jermott (electric bass); Billy Hart (drums, percussion); Albert "Tootie" Heath, Bernard Purdie (drums).
Producer: Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson.
Compilation producer: Matt Pierson.
Engineers: Rudy Van Gelder, Fred Catero, Patrick Gleason.Q (3/95, p.125) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...A great purchase." Vibe (3/95, p.106) - "...His writing...is eerie, liquid, yet swinging in a major way....The album points to the stars while paying homage to the Middle Passage--trumpeter Eddie Henderson contributes exquisitely to the mood with several spacey-ass solos that make more earthbound conceptions of the horn sound almost morbid in comparison..." Hide Description Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings Music | List Price | $19.97 (You save $3.78) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Keyboard / Synthesizer | | Label | Warner | | Orig Year | 1994 | | All Time Sales Rank | 18374  | | CD Universe Part number | 1101383 | | Catalog number | 45732 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Nov 22, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Herbie Hancock - acoustic, electric & Fender Rhodes pianos, mellotron, percussion Eric Gale - guitar Bernard Purdie - drums Joe Newman - trumpet Garnett Brown - trombone Ray Alonge - French horn Buster Williams - acoustic & electric basses, percussion Albert "Tootie" Heath Jerry Jermott - electric bass Benny Maupin - soprano saxophone, piccolo, alto flute, bass clarinet, percussion Candy Love Ron Montrose Sandra Stevens - vocals
Also: Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Julian Priester, Billy Hart, Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson, Johnny Coles |
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Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Easy to Lose Yourself In for Long Stretches I find the one thread that links all of Herbie Hancock's diverse music, from the early Blue Note albums to the great Miles bands to this Warner Bros. era to VSOP to jazz-funk to snyth-disco, is the feeling that you can lose yourself completely in it. There's a broad sweep, an expansive texture; it's partly the way he voices chords on the piano, open and impressionistic, but there's more to it than that. On this collection, which includes all three of the albums he recorded for Warner Brothers in the early 70s (on two CDs), Herbie gets that expansive sound by playing with different arrangements of instruments and song forms. The music from the first album (Fat Albert Rotunda) is funky, danceable, just nice tight grooves and simple improv (from the earliest days of jazz-funk, mind you; nothing derivative here!). The next two albums, Mwandishi and Crossings, retain the groove in the bottom end (bass, drums, piano accompinament) but the songs spread out. Horns, reeds and piano play with snatches of melody for long, wistful stretches. In the hands of some bandleaders, this meandering might have less merit; but with Hancock in charge, that yearning, mystical quality is always there. While not all of these tracks are memorable for me, the texture of this entire collection is smooth and mesmerizing, start to finish. The price is right, and the packaging is good (great photos, interesting new essay by Blumenthal just for this repackaging). If you like Herbie's 60s stuff, if you also enjoy funky jazz or spacy jam sessions like In a Silent Way, you'll enjoy this. If you mostly think of Hancock as the Headhunters leader, you might be disappointed. Submitted by Keith (San Jose, CA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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